Tolerates Toxic Geniuses - Software Engineer Tanium Employee Review

3.0
Mar 18, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting work, competitive up-front pay, supportive front-line management

Cons

The company praises itself for its culture, but management tolerates and often promotes toxic geniuses. If you "know enough," you can treat others however you want and nobody cares. Those individuals often form cliques of like-minded people who support each other. The company's 401(k) match is very anemic at 3k/year. The company's vision insurance allows you to get new frames only once every two years.

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5.0
May 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great comp, benefits, work life balance most of the time. Trustworthy leadership and strong direction

Cons

Can be hectic at times with tight deadlines and long hours but is not the norm

3.0
Jun 15, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I've worked for Tanium over 5 years and have seen a lot of change. The pace is fast and the teams are small so if you want autonomy and ownership this is a great place to work.

Cons

They're constantly reorging, it would be nice if the exec team could make up their mind on how they want the org structured and stick to it. They tend to do whatever other "hot" companies at the time are doing. The founder still plays a massive role and the c-suite just seem like his puppets. No one wants to be in office and ppl constantly complain but no one in leadership listens. It used to feel like they cared about what the employees say, but now everyone seems beaten down and just does the work so they're not laid off. Pay is also low compared to competitors. You have a decent annual salary but no bonus and no IPO in sight. You'll get RSUs but the price keeps going down with a promise to go back up. I've only seen it go down in my experience so just be mindful that whatever your base salary is (unless you're in sales) is going to be your total earnings.

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